Toy pistol



Oct. 11, 1932. FRlSBlE 1,881,455

TOY PISTOL I Filed Aug. 7, 1929 55 52 21 36 74 I a; 39 33 1 34 45 5? :64 a2 Patented Get. 11, 1932 RUSSELL A. FBISBIE, OF MIDDLETOWN, GON1\TECTIGUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. & E. STEVENS COMPANY, OF CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION i I I 'roy rrsrror Application filed August 7, 1929. Serial No. 384,021.

' My invention relates to improvements in toy pistols,of the form that is adapted to fire paper caps in strip form and supplied in coil form, and the object of myimprovement is to produce a toy pistol of relatively few parts, that is easy toproduce and particularly easy to assemble, and that is efficient and V reliable under conditions. of use.

In the accompanying, drawing Figure 1 is a group view showing all of the parts that go to make up the complete pistol embodying my invention, showing theoutside views of the two castiron casing parts;

two other cast parts, respectively the trigger and the hammer; separable spring parts comprising as coil springs the trigger spring and V the main or hammer or firing spring; and

the sheet metal tape guide spring.

Fig. 2 is a second group view showing the insides of the two'casing parts.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4 showing the casing spring that is fixedly secured to the right casing part by a rivet and serves to hold the two casing parts together, the cooperating portions of the cas ing parts being also'shown. l

"Fig. 4 is an inside view of the right main casing part with all of the operating elements assembled therein; the cap tape also being shown; the trigger spring being indicated substantially complete, broken lines showing the location of concealed portions thereof; and the trigger member being broken away adjacent the fixed end of said trigger spring,

thus disclosing the engagement of said fixed end with the opposed cooperating lug on the casing part.

Fig. 5 is a view generally like Fig. 4:,withthe parts in a different position.

Fig. 6 is a side view of a modification of the hammer, the correspondingly modified portion of the trigger member that cooperates therewith being indicated by means of broken lines. a

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary inside view of the modification of the main casing and the cor respondingly modified tape guide spring,

showing the supporting arm of the guide spring and the cooperating posts and lugs on the casing part.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the 1ine:8 8

.of Fig. 7 showing generally thedetailof the engagement of the supporting arm 'of-the modifiedtape guide spring with the middle post on the casing part.

My improved toy pistoladapted for: firmg as a repeater'paper caps; that are provided in theform of a coil 10, said coil being mounted on'a post 11 that is provided in the.

interior of the handle portion 12 of the pistol structure; The. tape end-"portion 13 is 'led upwardly along a curved contact face portion or guide face portionl f of'the free-end branch 15 of the tape guide spring 16; thence betweenthe fixed tape stop or grip face 17 and the extreme or tip end 18 of said free end branch 18; and finally between the anvil 19 at the topand rear and the opposed end face 20 of'the hammer 21, the latter being inthe form of an elongated cast block that is extended generally along the barrel portion 22.

I The trigger 23 is provided with'an opening 24: by which it is operatively mounted on a post 25; has a set of generally'radially directed arms, three in number; and oneof said arms serves as the tape feed arm 26, being generally rearwardly directed and cooperating with the curved guide face 14 already mentioned. The others of said arms comprise the downwardly directed-arm 27 that serves as the trigger and the upwardly directed arm 28 that operates the hammer 21, the tip end 29 of thebody portion thereof engaging with a notch 30 therein.

The trigger spring 32'is made of wire; has a body of coil form; has the fixed end .34 engaged witha stop 35 that is in the form of a lug that is integral with the casing part. 36,

which, as shoWn, is the right'casing part. Said lug 35 overhangs an opening 37 in the i 'iInlfront of the trigger with thepost 25, is the fixed arm or endpo'r- The to and fro movement of-the trigger 23 is limited by the tape feed arm, 26; the tip end 40 thereof engages with the tape ineffecting the feeding; the feeding movement thereof is upward; such upward movement being limited by thebottom edge 41:0f therstruc- 1ture of the fixed tape stop' l7 and the movement in the downward direction being hm-v ited by making contact 'with'a fixed post 42 on the casing p art' 36.

,The movement of trigger spring 32, and these parts are operatively supported by the right casing part 36,"the post 25-bein g integral therewith 7 As viewed from the inside with the-leftrasing part 4-3 removed the movement of? the trigger for firing is counter-clockwise. Also; the trigger spring 32 is located back' ofthe trigger;-bein'gh oused between the saidtrigger 27 and the'casingwall. V V 7 v A a 27, also in contact tion'qf'the main sp'ring'44 to be described. "The-engagement of thetrigger with the 1 7 post 25 by means of the opening 24 ,is such as to provideia' floating support ;said opening being relatively large, particularly in the longitudinal direction; the triggerl structure being pulled away from the post initially for-each of'the' two rotative movements; such movement being continued until the post makescontact with the opposite end wan of the opening following ti've movement begins.- Thus the rear-end wall 45 and thefront endiwall46 of the openotaL-be'aring faces. 1 V V The, open space above the end walls or corners 45' and 46;terminates at'a third corner v 47 and permits of limited vertical movement bodilyrof the trigger 23 so that-it can drop below the'hammer 21, as isd'esirable during part of the return movement after-release of the trigger arm 27 L i 1 mSuch: return movementis efiected by the trigger spring and is in the clock-wise direction, and during this movement the tip end 29 of the body portion arm 28 ridesalong the underface 49 of the hammer 21 until it comes 7 into registration'with the notch 30 in the hammer. During the firing movement the firing arm 28 moves counter-clockwise in engagement with the notch 30 until the hammer is released in substantially the usual manner by disengagement of'. the tip 29 from the 'notch 30. p I Theihammer is guided for straight to and V fro longitudinal movement and the firingj'is effected by] the main spring 44 through the medium of the free end portion 51 of the main spring 44 that is operatively housed'in a-suita bl e recess, 52." Said main spring 44'is madeiof w re, has a. body of coil form that is mounted v t .7 'TQT'a Ssist, in guiding,.the'trigger'23 is pro- 7 the trigger 23' is effected in one direction by pulling on the trigger and the return movementis effected by the' which the real rotae ing 24wcome' into play alternatively as p1v-- ing of the tape guide spring 16.

.with the pivotal post 25 for the trigger, on the 7 upp r d t ereo 'vided at the'tip48 with a diminutivefiange or wing 57 that overhangs the adjacent por- "ti'on '58 of the sideface of the hammer 21 j and slides therea-long during the to and fro movement. r

- -Referrin'g tO-the tape guide spring or back I 7 ing spring 16; this is generally 'U-shaped,the guide portionbeing provid'ed'bythe free end branch 15. Thejsuppo'rting branch 59 pros5 jects upwardly from the bottom junction por- -tion'60 and engages with a set of threeposts, respectively, first, =the post 62 at the right, next above the post 63 at the left; and then at the top end portion 64, the post 6 5"at the right; 'Th'e-top end portion 64' and the cooperating knife-edgeengagement that operatesaas'a pivotal conn-ection and also as -positioning- ,means;

- The middleor intermediatepost 63 and opposed portion 66 of the spring 1 6 have,

besides the sideby side engagement; may be 7 designatedas an-underecut engagement to holdthe spring against outward'movement;

As shown; the spring 16 is provided with an integral lip 67 that is adapted to engage with i a notch or the like. Actually,= the post 63 is cast so that apor'tion thereof overhangs 7 partjofan opening 68 in the adjacent supportingwall portion 69 of -the'acasing';wall

and which overhanging postportion 70fis likewise outwardly spacedor stepped. from said; wall portion 69.; Thusthere isprovided means for permitting the '7 holding-lip or 9.0 post 65 are shaped, as showmato provide-a wing 67 to be slippedunder the overhanging portion 70 and at'thesametime bridging a part of the opening 68 for effecting thehold- All of'the moving parts described are o p- 'erativelymounted onthe right. casing part 36- "The left casing part 43 servesmer'ely as V 'a cover therefor, except that the interior thereof may be provided with ribs and ridges V and the like for assistingin guiding-some of the .movingparts, as is generally common, 7

with the edges of the other'part l Spring means areprovided for holding the casing parts together in the form-70f a spring 71 of flat material that is "held "on a'platform 72 on the right casing part'36 by means of a rivet 7 3, and whichven gages with thejwallseof an opening 74 in the leftcasing'part 43. Said spring :71 is U-shaped, with up-standing arms and'also with edge structures for; mating V r- 75 that have e e vfis'so aslito provide 139.

opposed recesses 76 that are just below or back of outwardly flaring tip ends 77. The walls 7 8 of the opening 7 4 are shaped generally to correspond, though they are more nearly V-shaped, one on each side, with the apices opposed, so as to permit of virtually snapping the parts together and pulling them apart in opposition to the resiliency of the spring 71.

The means described for cooperation of the backing spring 16 and the intermediate post 63 to prevent outward movement from the casing, involving a lip or wing 67 on the spring and the overhanging portion 70 of said post 63 adjacent the junction of said post with the casing wall portion 69 is satisfactory as to operation, but involves a projection along one of the edges of the spring which can be dispensed with by use of the 2 modified construction shown in Fig. 8. In

this construction the supporting post that corresponds to post 63 is shaped to provide an under-cut portion 80 that is defined by an inclined face 81 that eflects the holding of the tape guide spring 82. Said tape guide spring 82 has its lower or inner part 83 swaged so as to be deflected laterally for effecting holding engagement with said face 81.

Thus the inner or bottom edge portion 84 of the spring 82 is off-set relatively to the general direction or plane of the spring 82.

Thus means are provided for holding-the tape guide spring in place without adding to the width of the strip spring material of which the spring is formed.

Another modification is provided in the detail of the overlying of the trigger member 28 relatively to the structure of the hammer 21, which is described as being in the form of a wing or flange 57 that is opposed to the adjacent side face portion 58 of said hammer. In lieu thereof the flange or wing 57 is omitted and is virtually replaced by a web 85 on the hammer 86 along which the firing arm 87 of the trigger member 88 rides and which web 85 extends along the structure of the hammer 86 back of the firing notch 89 and the adj acent'open free movement space 90 alongside the contact edge or face 91. That is to say, instead of having the firing notch 89 extend across the under edge portion 92 of the hammer the said notch is in the form of recess in the side face of the hammer, the said webserving as the back wall or bottom of the recess. When released from the firing notch 89 the tip 93 of the trigger member 88 rides along the contact face 91 and the back or bottom of the adjacent space V is filled by an extension of the web so as to define a recess in the hammer for the arm 87.

The construction just described provides a stronger structure for the hammer. In both forms a part of the trigger member overhangs a part of the hammer so as to tend to rhold the hammer inithe right or main casing part, :particularly the irearaonfiringend por- -tion of: said hammer.

Other. means operate more particularly ;,on

;the:front endrportion ofthehammer to hold :the same in the casing part, in the form of the'zfree end portion orfree arm 51 of the main spring 44 already mentioned and which is operatively housed in the recess 52 in the side face of the-saidhammer 21. Said free arm 51 rides on the opposed material of the hammer that constitutes 'the bottom or back wall of thespring engaglng recess .52. A further consideration of the details shows that, having reference to the main spring -44, this spring also operates'to .holdthe trigger member 23 in place'by its'fixed arm 55 that-overlies'and extendsacross the .face of the'trigger member 23 as already mentioned. Said fixed arm 55 is positively held in place by its engagement with the overhanging post orlug 56 and the post'25that serves as the pivotal post for the trigger member.

.An'important detail as tothe construction and-operation of the trigger member 23 is the incorporation inone of the arms thereof ofthe free or moving end39 of the trigger spring 32.

7 Another important-detail of construction and operation, involving the floating moveing'a tape holding lug, a tape guide spring having a free tip end opposed to said lug for pinching-the tape,'a trigger member supported from said casing part for rotative movementand provided with a tape engaging arm that is located generally below said lug, said spring 'havinga portion adjacent said arm and opposed'thereto, and the parts being constructed and arranged so that said armwill swing along saidportion for feed- .ing tape therealongand upward, will push' Said freejend tip away from said lug,- and will push the tape into the space between said tip and lug, and, responsive to return movement, will release said spring for effect ing the pinching of the tape.

2. In a toy tape pistol as described in claim 1, a trigger spring serving to effect such return movement.

3. In a toy tape pistol as described in claim 1, an anvil and a hammer held thereagainst by a main spring and provided with a trigger notch, said trigger member having a hammer arm for cooperating with said notch, said hammer having a contact face for the tip of said hammer arm adjacent said notch, a stop and guide lug forengaging with said tape- I engaging arm for limiting such return movement and for permittingsliding movement of said trigger member, and the'support for said trlgger member compris ng a post onthe casing and an enlarged opening in the trigger member for permitting limited floating movement of the trigger member.

form of a free arm that under conditions of 4. In a toy tape pistol as described in claim I 1, a stop lug for limiting such return movement, and a spring tending to hold said trigger member against said stop lug.

5. In a'toy tape pistol, a casing part, a

tape guide spring supportedfrom said part by an arm structure that is engaged with a set of posts, one ofsaid posts having a part that is separated from the casing Wall by arecess-like space, andsaid spring having a holding Wing or the like that is tucked into said space. 7

6. In a toy pistol, a main pistol casing part and a cover pistol part, a holding spring secured .to said main part and having arms upstanding that are shaped to provide opposed generally V-shaped parts, and said cover part being provided With an opening that has opposed border Walls that are individually V- shaped and adapted to cooperate With said arms for holding the parts together.

7. In a toytape pistol, a U-shapedflat strip sheet spring structure having one arm that serves as a support and another arm in the use. is opposed to the tape strip and to tape engaging and feeding'means, means for supfporting said free arm for to and fro movement undersuch conditions of use comprismg a set of posts for cooperating with said one arm, said one arm being bent and shaped casing side Wall portion so as to provide an under-cut face vportion adjacent said junction, and the portion of said flat strip that is I opposed to said one post being svvaged in the direction of the cross-section for effecting a holding engagement With said under-cut face portion.

RUSSELL A. FBiSBIE, 

